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Kafka Connect Bloomberg is a Source connector to subscribe to Bloomberg feeds via the Bloomberg labs open API and write to Kafka
<b>Requires: </b> An active Bloomberg subscription
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<h5>Step 1: Decide on ticker subscriptions</h5>
The format is TICKER:FIELD,FIELD,..; e.g.AAPL US Equity:LAST_PRICE;IBM US Equity:BID
<pre>
    connect.bloomberg.subscriptions=AAPL US Equity:LAST_PRICE,BID,ASK;IBM US Equity:BID,ASK,HIGH,LOW,OPEN
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<h5>Step 2: Set the correct authentication</h5>
The mode to authentication against the Bloomberg server. Either APPLICATION_ONLY or USER_AND_APPLICATION.
<pre>
    connect.bloomberg.authentication.mode=APPLICATION_ONLY
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<h5>Step 3: Connect to the correct end-point</h5>
After setting the host and port, select the Bloomberg service to connect to. Can be //blp/mkdata or //blp/refdata.
<pre>
    connect.bloomberg.service.uri=//blp/mkdata
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Further documentation available
<a href="http://docs.datamountaineer.com/en/latest/bloomberg.html" target="_blank">here</a>